AOL acquires Bebo for 850 million
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AOL acquires Bebo for 850 million
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#2I thought AOL didn't really have any extra cash laying around? Where did they get the money?
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#3I thought AOL didn't really have any extra cash laying around? Where did they get the money?
I dunno they seem to be buying a lot of stuff recently so they must have some cash.
Don't forget its time warner as well isn't it?
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#4AOL has some cash flow - about 9 million subscribers paying $10-$25 for Internet access monthly (http://tinyurl.com/ytnz3d)
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#5AOL is a massive company desperate to stay relevant.
A good look at their internal dysfunction and struggles over "Platform A" was published yesterday in the NY Times:
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#6i've tried reading up on "engagement advertising", but i continue not to understand it. it seems like a fairly empty buzzword for saying that the ads will be micro-targeted (maybe via social networking information you've revealed, like facebook's attempts?), which, to my knowledge, is a concept that hasn't seen much success yet.
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#7I thought AOL didn't really have any extra cash laying around? Where did they get the money?
I dunno they seem to be buying a lot of stuff recently so they must have some cash. Don't forget its time warner as well isn't it?
Yeah, apparently, according to wikipedia, Time Warner is thinking about splitting 'AOL internet access and adversting businesses into two, with the possibility of later selling the internet access division.'
So they haven't done it yet.
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#8Hmmm... so, AOL paid $850 M for 3.5 million visits a month. That means that they're paying about $250 a user.
At the same valuation per user, that values Facebook at a paltry $ 7 billion.
Another thought... if users are worth $250 a piece, maybe my blog that has 100 readers a month might actually be worth $25,000! Anyone wanna buy it? :)
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#9As per the YouTube acquisition, perhaps there will be a new surge in social networks! The talent pool proceeds to filter itself.
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#10AOL has some cash flow - about 9 million subscribers paying $10-$25 for Internet access monthly ( http://tinyurl.com/ytnz3d )
so they're roughly on par with World of Warcraft, except they have a much weaker brand?